Your Character's Name: [Rio] We still be heading north and I am sure I do not know where we are. I never bothered to come here but all I have heard is that the further north you go the further into trouble you will get. The roads all look the same, old and shitty, and with the crew is the same story every day. Ian is quiet which bothers me because dude could leave us stranded at any given moment. The fact that Bordeaux is still with us is hysterical to me because she always looks like she hates us all. Claire is pretty cool actually. I would not be surprised if she is just playing us all but honestly I like women so much that I always give them the benefit of the doubt. Then there is Rob who always seems to have a lot of conviction behind his words on what actions to take and so far during the tight situations he likes to take the lead. I think dude needs to hold back once in a while and quit trying to be Captain Save-a-Hoe all of the time. But anyways we still be looking good out there and we have done way better than I thought with these guys.
So we eventually run into what looks like a school; big building, rarely any windows, big parking lot, and to the side a tennis court. It is either a high school or a YMCA and since I do not see the big ass Y logo anywhere I am going to stick with a school. The first sign of life that we all notice is this garden to the side of the building that has obviously been maintained. There is no way these plants can grow this healthy without someone taking care of them. We all decide to check this place out so we head towards the garden with Rob leading and that is okay with me because I am in no rush of getting shot for no good reason. As soon as we get past the fence surrounding the garden and towards the entrance we run into a man with a crossbow pointing at us.
“Freeze! What are you doing here?” I am not going to lie but this guy looked more scared than I was. But still I want to see what’s up before I hit it. Rob steps up:
“Easy there. We are not looking for any trouble!”
“What are you looking for? Who are you working for? Are you from the horsemen?”
He then starts talking quietly to himself:
“Probably not since they have light armor and women with them.”
He actually lowers his gun and welcomes us to go through the front door. The girls instantly decide we should check this place out but Rob is not interested in the least. I don’t blame him since at this point we have not really had to most welcoming people. I go up to him:
“You know what the girls are already walking over there and I am not that much of a punk to not even offer to back them up. You coming with or are you punking out bro?”
He rolls his eyes: “This is a bad idea.”
Once we get closer I notice that this place is fortified to the tee. We go in and the place is in good shape and the other dudes have guns and everything. I feel safer already. They take us to one of the classrooms and there are two guys in the room. Their names were Phil and Malik. They shake our hands and then offered us trading.
Bordeaux steps up:
“I want to know about where my husband might be.”
The guys tell her what I thought sounded like bad news but who knows, that girl has her own world. I try asked for anything related to the bombing in New Bottsford but it was a no go because they were asking for too much in the trade. Halfway through the trading we hear a loud ass explosion down the hallway. Rob jumps to the sound and runs outside the room. We are all looking at each other and then Malik speaks up:
“Shouldn’t we go with him?”
I definitely refuse: “No can do brother.”
But Ian does not even answer the guy he just walks past him and says to him: “Are you coming?”
So they stand outside the door and we can hear from far away another guard I assume because it did not sound like Rob: “Who’s there? What is going on?”
Righ after that I see both Malik and Ian turn pale like they just saw some devil shit. Malik yells: “What the hell? Wolves?”
He shoots and I hear what sounds like a huge dog getting hit by a car or something. Malik is shouts: “Got one!”
I look around and I am like: “Sorry guys but I am going to bounce anyone coming?”
It took a while for everyone to make their minds but they finally decide to hit it too so we run past Ian and Malik and head to the opposite direction from Rob and the explosion down a long hallway into a stairway. We stop there to see who is responsible and to see when Ian and Rob decide to run the hell out of there. I turn to the group and tell them to be ready to run at any given moment and that is when I notice that Bordeaux is missing. I look back at explosion site and I see Rob down bleeding in front of two wolves and Bordeaux walking towards them. I have no idea what the hell she is thinking but she decides to pet the wolves. I cannot believe what I saw but the wolves actually did not attack her. But the wolves should be the least of her worries now. Ahead of her the smoke starts clearing off and you can begin to see signs of people till they finally become fully visible. Boy it has been a while since I felt that I was going to die but now I am damn sure it will be really hard to get myself out of this one. These guys had riot gear and extremely armed, I know for a fact that neither the guards here nor we would stand a chance against them. This is when Ian and Rob finally start running and limping towards us but Bordeaux stays behind.
They walk up to her and shout: “Repent or die!”
She completely ignores them and seconds later the man pulls out a shotgun and shoots her to the chest.
“Holy shit! We gotta get our asses out of here people lets go!" I have no idea where I am leading these people but I keep running away into this computer lab that had a badass fortified door. There was no time to ask why the hell is this computer lab so fortified I just tell everyone to get in and lock the door. We are all panicking and trying to figure out our next move. Rob suggests moving the book shelves to reinforce the door but people ignore that idea. Claire scavenges around and finds a 35 pound mid tank gun. Ian decides to mount it and Rob volunteers to shoot it. Rob walks up to the door and says that he hears shouts and blasts nearby.
Shit is going to get bad real soon. Is this really it? After all those times where I slipped death and now I am going to die in a classroom for no good reason. I look up at the ceiling and thank God I notice a vent.
I turn to the group: “Guys I am going through the vent, I am sorry.”
Soon after I start climbing Claire pulls my arm “I am going too”. We go through the vents and hear a ton of gun shots.
We look at each other and I can tell she felt really bad about leaving the gang behind so I tell her: “Hey, we are not out of this yet. We can still be killed too. It is too early to be feeling bad yet okay.”
She looks at me and nods. We keep moving until we find another vent opening that landed us on the school’s gym.
We head towards the first exit door we could find and I never thought I would say this but “I am so happy to be outside again.” The shithole of a world we live in seemed like paradise to me.
Claire looked like she was in a better mood already and she turn to me and says: “Thanks out there Rio. Lets get the hell out of here!”
We still be heading north and I am sure I do not know where we are. I never bothered to come here but all I have heard is that the further north you go the further into trouble you will get. The roads all look the same, old and shitty, and with the crew is the same story every day. Ian is quiet which bothers me because dude could leave us stranded at any given moment. The fact that Bordeaux is still with us is hysterical to me because she always looks like she hates us all. Claire is pretty cool actually. I would not be surprised if she is just playing us all but honestly I like women so much that I always give them the benefit of the doubt. Then there is Rob who always seems to have a lot of conviction behind his words on what actions to take and so far during the tight situations he likes to take the lead. I think dude needs to hold back once in a while and quit trying to be Captain Save-a-Hoe all of the time. But anyways we still be looking good out there and we have done way better than I thought with these guys.
So we eventually run into what looks like a school; big building, rarely any windows, big parking lot, and to the side a tennis court. It is either a high school or a YMCA and since I do not see the big ass Y logo anywhere I am going to stick with a school. The first sign of life that we all notice is this garden to the side of the building that has obviously been maintained. There is no way these plants can grow this healthy without someone taking care of them. We all decide to check this place out so we head towards the garden with Rob leading and that is okay with me because I am in no rush of getting shot for no good reason. As soon as we get past the fence surrounding the garden and towards the entrance we run into a man with a crossbow pointing at us.
“Freeze! What are you doing here?” I am not going to lie but this guy looked more scared than I was. But still I want to see what’s up before I hit it. Rob steps up:
“Easy there. We are not looking for any trouble!”
“What are you looking for? Who are you working for? Are you from the horsemen?”
He then starts talking quietly to himself:
“Probably not since they have light armor and women with them.”
He actually lowers his gun and welcomes us to go through the front door. The girls instantly decide we should check this place out but Rob is not interested in the least. I don’t blame him since at this point we have not really had to most welcoming people. I go up to him:
“You know what the girls are already walking over there and I am not that much of a punk to not even offer to back them up. You coming with or are you punking out bro?”
He rolls his eyes: “This is a bad idea.”
Once we get closer I notice that this place is fortified to the tee. We go in and the place is in good shape and the other dudes have guns and everything. I feel safer already. They take us to one of the classrooms and there are two guys in the room. Their names were Phil and Malik. They shake our hands and then offered us trading.
Bordeaux steps up:
“I want to know about where my husband might be.”
The guys tell her what I thought sounded like bad news but who knows, that girl has her own world. I try asked for anything related to the bombing in New Bottsford but it was a no go because they were asking for too much in the trade. Halfway through the trading we hear a loud ass explosion down the hallway. Rob jumps to the sound and runs outside the room. We are all looking at each other and then Malik speaks up:
“Shouldn’t we go with him?”
I definitely refuse: “No can do brother.”
But Ian does not even answer the guy he just walks past him and says to him: “Are you coming?”
So they stand outside the door and we can hear from far away another guard I assume because it did not sound like Rob: “Who’s there? What is going on?”
Righ after that I see both Malik and Ian turn pale like they just saw some devil shit. Malik yells: “What the hell? Wolves?”
He shoots and I hear what sounds like a huge dog getting hit by a car or something. Malik is shouts: “Got one!”
I look around and I am like: “Sorry guys but I am going to bounce anyone coming?”
It took a while for everyone to make their minds but they finally decide to hit it too so we run past Ian and Malik and head to the opposite direction from Rob and the explosion down a long hallway into a stairway. We stop there to see who is responsible and to see when Ian and Rob decide to run the hell out of there. I turn to the group and tell them to be ready to run at any given moment and that is when I notice that Bordeaux is missing. I look back at explosion site and I see Rob down bleeding in front of two wolves and Bordeaux walking towards them. I have no idea what the hell she is thinking but she decides to pet the wolves. I cannot believe what I saw but the wolves actually did not attack her. But the wolves should be the least of her worries now. Ahead of her the smoke starts clearing off and you can begin to see signs of people till they finally become fully visible. Boy it has been a while since I felt that I was going to die but now I am damn sure it will be really hard to get myself out of this one. These guys had riot gear and extremely armed, I know for a fact that neither the guards here nor we would stand a chance against them. This is when Ian and Rob finally start running and limping towards us but Bordeaux stays behind.
They walk up to her and shout: “Repent or die!”
She completely ignores them and seconds later the man pulls out a shotgun and shoots her to the chest.
“Holy shit! We gotta get our asses out of here people lets go!" I have no idea where I am leading these people but I keep running away into this computer lab that had a badass fortified door. There was no time to ask why the hell is this computer lab so fortified I just tell everyone to get in and lock the door. We are all panicking and trying to figure out our next move. Rob suggests moving the book shelves to reinforce the door but people ignore that idea. Claire scavenges around and finds a 35 pound mid tank gun. Ian decides to mount it and Rob volunteers to shoot it. Rob walks up to the door and says that he hears shouts and blasts nearby.
Shit is going to get bad real soon. Is this really it? After all those times where I slipped death and now I am going to die in a classroom for no good reason. I look up at the ceiling and thank God I notice a vent.
I turn to the group: “Guys I am going through the vent, I am sorry.”
Soon after I start climbing Claire pulls my arm “I am going too”. We go through the vents and hear a ton of gun shots.
We look at each other and I can tell she felt really bad about leaving the gang behind so I tell her: “Hey, we are not out of this yet. We can still be killed too. It is too early to be feeling bad yet okay.”
She looks at me and nods. We keep moving until we find another vent opening that landed us on the school’s gym.
We head towards the first exit door we could find and I never thought I would say this but “I am so happy to be outside again.” The shithole of a world we live in seemed like paradise to me.
Claire looked like she was in a better mood already and she turn to me and says: “Thanks out there Rio. Lets get the hell out of here!”